Light Photoshop Tutorials
How to create amazing light effects in Photoshop
This tutorial will teach you how to easily create light effects in Photoshop. We will play with blending modes, adjustments layers and brushes. We will use smoke brushes, but I recommend you to experiment with any kind of brush set. Remember that the key to obtain the best result with this technique is to create at first a dark background, then introduce the ... Read More
Colorful Light Effect in Photoshop
Last week I was waiting hours in airports, as usual, I was wandering and checking out banners and signs when I found a beautiful Sony ad of a cel phone called Xperia. The thing that really caught my attention was the wallpaper of the phone. It was a colorful light bean crossing the screen . I really like the effect and thought to myself, that is a good idea ... Read More
How to Create Brilliant Light Streaks in Photoshop
Lighting effects have become quite popular, and are an effective way to add bright eye catching details to a photo or illustration. In this tutorial, you will learn a simple technique for creating brilliant light streaks which can be used in different ways to add motion and brightness to your designs. ... Read More
Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life
The best book I've ever read on drawing is one called Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. After reading it, I'm still pretty bad at drawing, but I did learn a lot about light and shade. In this tutorial we are going to take some very basic principles of light and shade to make a rather impressive-looking text effect. ... Read More
Create a Simple Vibrant Light Effect in Photoshop
Starting away from the computer, we’ll use a few household objects to create some photographic resources. Then follow this Adobe Photoshop tutorial to manipulate the images with various tools and techiques to produce a vibrant design made up of intense light streams effect. ... Read More
Easy Star Light in Photoshop
I've been writing tutorials inspired by skateboard deck designs for a few weeks and today it's not going to be different. I'm very addicted to that, I love the ideas some of the designers have and for this tutorial I will recreate a really nice effect with lines forming a star. However I will go a little bit further and I will transform it in ... Read More
Stylish Light Effect in Photoshop
One of the most popular tutorials I have writen is the Sparkling Hot Girl in Photoshop. It was a very straightforward technique on how to create some nice light effects mixed with a hot girl. Everything over a dark background. Since then I have received emails asking me how to create light effects over white or light backgrounds. So I decided to try some ide ... Read More
Add Brilliant Light Effects to Your Work with Photoshop
In this tutorial, I’ll show you several super easy techniques for incorporating remarkable light effects to your work using Photoshop. You’ll need only 10 minutes to make your own set of abstract brushes (I’ll show you how) for use in enhancing your design projects. We will work with textures too—I’ll demonstrate how to give an interesting look to a human bo ... Read More
Create an Abstract Light Streaks poster in Photoshop CS5
In today’s tutorial you will learn how to create an abstract light streaks poster from scratch using Lighting effects, Noise, and Wave Photoshop CS5 filters. Layered PSD file included. Let’s get started! ... Read More
Create light effects with texture
Add colourful, personal flare to your work by incorporating doodles and textures, writes Craig Shields Doodling is an everyday event for most creatives. Whether you’re etching out little characters on the back of an envelope while you’re on the telephone or creating a complex masterpiece in the back of a notebook, it’s an essential element of developin ... Read More
How to enhance your subjects with striking light effects in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial I’ll show you a simple technique that can be used to enhance any kind of subject with stunning light effects. We will use in particular selection tools, gradients and brushes to achieve the result. ... Read More
Give a Photo a Complete Glamour Makeover With Stunning Light and 3D Effects
Have you ever wanted to see what you would look like after a complete makeover? Today, I’m going to show you how to transform a regular, every day photo into a real glamour shot. In this tutorial, you will learn how to retouch a model’s face and subtly manipulate her hair. In addition, we will enhance the canvas by adding attractive lighting and 3D effects. ... Read More
Show me the light / digital art tutorial
In this photoshop tutorial I will show you how to use stock images to make a beautiful digital artwork with nicely colored lights. All you need for this tutorial is my Colors in Motion textures pack and a model ... Read More
Fly High – Light Effects Tutorial
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a beautiful abstract artwork using light effects, a few fractal images, a custom brush and some cool post editing techniques. ... Read More
How to Use Light and Shadow to Create a Dramatic Photo Effect with Photoshop
In this tutorial you'll learn how you can change light scene in your photography or photo manipulation to get dramatic atmosphere. I'll also show you how you can use Channels to easily change sky, how you can use different filters to create dreamy effect and give you several tips on color adjustments. Lets get started! ... Read More
Create A Light Effect Photomanipulation Using Photoshop
In this tutorial I will teach you how to create a Lighting Photomainpulation using Photoshop. You will learn how to use different settings to fill out your canvas with nice lightnings and blending modes using different stock images to create good lighting effects. ... Read More
Create this Amazing Fashion Photo Manipulation with Abstract Smoke and Light Effects
In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to integrate a model in dark environment and apply abstract lights effects over the scene. Basically we're going to create some nice sparkly effects and connect them with a certain model, mixing up everything with a nice suitable background.
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Create a Light Bulb Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop
Layer styles are a powerful and time saving feature that can help you apply amazing effects to your designs. In this tutorial we will use layer styles to create a light bulb inspired text effect in Photoshop. Let�s get started!
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Create Grungy Style Artwork, Mixing with Great Lighting and Shattered Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, I will show you the steps I took to create this Grungy Style Artwork, Mixing with Great Lighting and Shattered Effect in Photoshop. This is an intermediate level tutorial and some steps can be tricky, but why not just have a try :) Along the way, we will cover creating shattered/disintegration effect, lighting effect, how to generate mor ... Read More
Lighting a Giant Elephant
A technique for matching the lighting between a subject and its background. Matching the Light If you're like me, every now and then you find yourself needing to insert a subject image into a background where the lighting between the two doesn't quite match. Your subject image may be flatly lit, while your background contains crisp shadows and ... Read More
